Write on Ottawa: Deadly Sins
For anyone looking for a little action and intrigue to offset the cheer of the holiday season, Sins of the Angels is a great read to escape with.
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Write On Ottawa: “Laughs, love, and a bit with a dog”
As Geoffrey Rush puts it in Shakespeare in Love, the secret to a great story is “laughs, love, and a bit with a dog” and Ottawa author Maureen Fisher delivers all three in her novel Fur Ball Fever.
Cover to cover: Book jackets for memoirs not yet written
If you were to write a memoir about your life up to this point, what would it be called? Think about it for a second. That’s the question Ottawa designer Steve St. Pierre asked the Internet for his passion project jacketeveryday.com. St. Pierre works as an art director for the Ottawa brand agency, McMillan. (Small […]
Librarian in Residence: We Need Diverse Books
Jessica Green is a book addict and library card holder since the age of 3. She’s a librarian at the Ottawa Public Library and currently the Apartment613 Librarian-in-Residence, sharing a compendium of literary thoughts and tips. April 13 is the International Day of Pink, which was created to celebrate diversity and raising awareness to stop all […]
Write On Ottawa: Human by S.M. Carrière
Post by Laurie Stewart. Human is the story of Aleksandar Svetoslav, a centuries old vampire from Eastern Europe. He’s sent to America to rebuild the territory of the last Prince and his House, after he and his entire line are slaughtered by vampire hunters. The story begins with Aleksandar’s rescue and conversion in the face […]
Librarian in Residence: Holiday gift list 2015 – books for children and teens
Jessica Green is a book addict and library card holder since the age of 3. She’s a librarian at the Ottawa Public Library and currently the Apartment613 Librarian-in-Residence, sharing a compendium of literary thoughts and tips. Here is Part two of the 2015 Holiday Gift List. [Editor’s note: You can read part one, which covers […]
Remembering with Joshua Foer at the Ottawa Writer’s Fest
We all have memories we’d like to banish from the kingdom of our minds. If you can’t think of a special one right now, don’t worry, soon a certain scent will waft through the air, a genteel fingertip will brush by an earlobe or someone will snarl behind the bulge of a maple-cream donut and […]
